Sniper Battle

"The Sand Shinobi have caught up again." At night, as the group marched, Yueguang Han said to Yueguang Xingye. The DJI Drone constantly monitored the Sand Shinobi's direction from the sky. Although the forest obstructed its view, the Sand Shinobi who had caught up were still discovered by Yueguang Han through thermal imaging.

"Can you use that attack while moving? I'll have the others carry you!" Yueguang Xingye asked. Although he did not want to expose too much of Yueguang Han's Bloodline Limit ability, letting the Sand Shinobi trail them was not an option. Otherwise, once they began crossing the canyon, the Sand Shinobi on the other side would find out before long.

"No! It's too heavy." Yueguang Han shook his head. Setting aside the fact that he himself weighed nearly a ton, the 75mm Mountain Cannon alone weighed six or seven hundred kilograms. With the recoil added in, even if a ninja could carry him, the recoil would still knock them flat when the cannon fired. Yueguang Xingye was being a little too imaginative. However, Yueguang Han did not explain in detail, since this also counted as one of his weaknesses.

"Do you have any other ideas?" Yueguang Xingye asked.

"There is one other way, but I'm afraid you won't agree." Yueguang Han shook his head.

"Tell me what it is first." Yueguang Xingye spoke, and everyone's eyes turned toward them.

"I can evade their sensory detection. I suggest that I stay behind and hold them off while you cross the canyon first," Yueguang Han said. "I'm definitely the Sand Shinobi's primary target right now. If I hold them back, you can shake off their pursuit and cross the canyon as quickly as possible."

"How confident are you?" Yueguang Xingye gritted his teeth as he asked. In truth, he disagreed with Yueguang Han's reckless proposal. However, he was the overall commander of this operation, and the ninjas here were not all members of the Hayate Clan. There were also members of the Mitarashi and Kurama clans, so he had to consider the bigger picture first.

"One hundred percent!" Yueguang Han said firmly. "Without Rasa, I don't fear the remaining Sand Shinobi at all. Even if Rasa comes, he may not necessarily be able to take me down. Don't forget, I can evade their sensory detection, and I can fly. Shaking them off will be easy."

"Make sure you come back alive!" Yueguang Xingye said solemnly.

"Don't worry. I'll definitely return alive." Yueguang Han answered just as solemnly.

"Before that, though, I'll need everyone to use Lightning Style to help me recover as much as possible." Yueguang Han took out the Steel Wire and tied it around himself. Even now, he had not forgotten to exploit this opportunity one more time, draining it for all it was worth.

"Good! Everyone, use your Lightning Style with all your might to help Young Han recover." Yueguang Xingye nodded and immediately instructed the ninjas capable of using Lightning Style.

"Lord Luo Fei, a large amount of Chakra has appeared among the Konoha Ninja again." Two kilometers behind the Konoha Ninja, Feiyin immediately reported the situation as she sensed it.

At those words, everyone's hearts tightened. Those Konoha Ninja must have made another move—or perhaps that Konoha Genius had made another move.

"Keep watching them," Luo Fei ordered.

"Yes!" Feiyin acknowledged him, took out two Ration Pills, and swallowed them. She continued maintaining her sensory technique, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

"Lord Luo Fei, one person has disappeared from among the Konoha Ninja." More than ten minutes later, Feiyin immediately reported after discovering that one Chakra signature had vanished.

"Stop! Feiyin, see if you can find him." Luo Fei immediately ordered everyone to stop. Needless to say, the one who had disappeared was that Konoha Genius. Only that Konoha Genius had the ability to evade Feiyin's sensory detection. His purpose was probably to snipe them and break free of their pursuit.

"Gulp!" Upon hearing Luo Fei's order, the Sand Shinobi immediately stopped. Several of them even nervously swallowed. The most dangerous person was hiding in the shadows. It was like a deadly snake hiding there with its fangs bared, waiting to strike, ready to take the life of any one of them at any moment.

All the Sand Shinobi turned their eyes toward Rasa. He was not here to restrain their opponent, and their opponent could fly. If they continued pursuing, the chances of everyone dying would rise sharply. They might even be wiped out completely.

As Luo Fei looked at everyone's eyes, he felt deeply conflicted. Although he had resolved to kill that Konoha Genius even if it meant fighting with everything he had, he could not throw his life away for nothing. Killing that Konoha Genius would be extremely difficult. Even Rasa was not completely confident, or he would not have been forced to retreat temporarily.

"Lord Luo Fei, the other Konoha Ninja are about to leave my sensory range!" Seeing that Luo Fei was still hesitating, Feiyin had no choice but to remind him.

"Continue pursuing them. Keep a close eye on those Konoha Ninja. If you encounter danger, immediately protect Feiyin and burrow underground." Reminded by Feiyin, Luo Fei gritted his teeth and ordered them forward. Although their primary target was that Konoha Genius, he could both evade a Sensory Ninja's detection and fly, making him far too difficult to catch. The other Konoha Ninja could not do that, so they could only hope that keeping an eye on the others would be equivalent to keeping an eye on the Konoha Genius.

In the forest, the Sand Shinobi led by Luo Fei rapidly leaped between the trees in pursuit of the Konoha Ninja while nervously scanning their surroundings, afraid to miss the slightest clue. Their hearts were in their throats, terrified that an attack would suddenly emerge from somewhere and kill them in the blink of an eye. Yet, to keep hot on the heels of the Konoha Ninja's main force, they had no choice but to take the risk and accelerate their pursuit, even knowing that the most dangerous viper was lurking in the shadows.

"Pfft!" Suddenly, a bullet passed through a gap between the trees and pierced one Sand Shinobi through the chest in the blink of an eye, blasting a basketball-sized hole through him.

"Bang!" The gunshot was as terrifying in the silent night as thunder in a rainstorm.

"Be careful!" Faced with the sudden turn of events and the death of their companion, the Sand Shinobi had already been prepared. At a shout, the remaining Sand Shinobi swiftly hid behind the trunks of the surrounding trees. Then they formed hand seals one after another and burrowed underground.

"They burrowed underground!" Yueguang Han muttered from the canopy of a large tree more than two hundred meters away, then quickly left the canopy. Within the DJI Drone's thermal imaging, all the Sand Shinobi's heat signatures had vanished.

Three hundred meters from the site of the ambush, the Sand Shinobi who had burrowed underground quickly emerged.

"Feiyin, can you still sense the Konoha Ninja?" As soon as he emerged, Luo Fei immediately asked Feiyin, the Sensory Ninja.

"I can still sense them." Feiyin nodded at once. "They're in that direction."

"Continue pursuing them. Try to close the distance as much as possible." Luo Fei spoke and immediately charged toward the direction Feiyin had indicated.

"I've found you. Since Rasa isn't here, this two-kilometer radius is my hunting ground."

In the sky, after spotting the Sand Shinobi's emergence through the Drone's surveillance, Yueguang Han immediately controlled the Drone and flew toward their location.